Bad Moon Rising

We were currently at the boarding house, I was sitting at the couch with Elena and Stefan waiting for Rick to show up.
We heard a door bell and Damon went to open.
"Thanks for coming, Rick" Stefan greeted him when he walked in "Can I get you something to drink? Coffee? Bourbon? Bourbon in your coffee?" Damon asked being a smart-ass "Elena mentioned you needed my help" Rick ignored him and Damon gestured for him to sit in front of us "Yeah, we were hoping you could help shed some light on the Lockwood family..." Stefan replied. "Now, why would I know anything about the Lockwood's?" he asked confused about why we were asking him that
"Well, you wouldn't. But your dead not dead vampire wife might" Damon said with a smirk.
"Isobel's research from when you guys were at Duke together" Elena suggested "You said that she had spent years researching this town..." Stefan continued what I suggested
"Isobel's research here in Mystic Falls rooted in folklore's and legends but at the time I thought much of which was fiction" Rick answered looking at us.
"Like that amazing vampire story" Damon added sarcastically smirking at him.
"Aside from vampire, what else?" I quickly said distracting him from Damon
"The lycanthrope" he sighed "Wait, like werewolves?" I looked at him frowning
"No way, impossible, way too Lon Chaney" Damon said with a disbelief face
"Is it?" Stefan turned to look at him "I've been on this planet 160 some years, never came across one. If werewolves exist, where the hell are they?" he argued looking back at him.
"Why do you suspect the Lockwoods?" Rick asked interested
"Because Vervain didn't affect the Mayor at Founder's day, but the Gilbert device did and it affected his son Tyler" Damon stated "And at the school carnival his uncle Mason exhibited inhuman behavior when he fought with one of the carnival workers. It suggest it's some sort of supernatural entity" Stefan added and Rick nodded his head.
"We were hoping that Isobel's research could help us figure out what it is" Elena said
"Well, all her things are still at Duke. I mean her office is still there, she's technically still missing" he answered. "So we can get access to it?" Damon asked leaning forward to him and when Rick didn't answer "Rick, we need to know what we are dealing with. If this wolf man thing is true. I've seen enough movies to know it's not good. It means Mason Lockwood is a real life Lon Chaney and that little Tyler punk may just very well be Lon Chaney jnr. Which means Bella Lugosi, meaning me, is totally screwed" he finished slightly glaring at Rick who finally sighed in defeat.

After he agreed to take us to Duke I went home to grab some stuff unfortunately Damon was coming with us argg!
My parent's weren't home so I left them a note.
I was about to leave when my Cell rang, it was Matt.
"Hey Matt, what up?" I answered walking outside the house "Hey, I was just calling to see if you're coming to the swimming hole today?" he asked. I locked the door and started to walk across the street to where Damon was standing leaning on Rick's car. "Yeah, no" I answered simply "Come on, you can't ditch me too" he replied making me sigh "Sorry Matty, and bedside's I kinda dumped Tyler at the carnival so it would be completely awkward showing there" I explained and I heard him sigh in frustration on the other side making me laugh "Oh come on, like you have something better to do" he said making me roll my eyes "As a matter of fact I do, I'm going to Duke with Elena to do some research" I answered smirking "Fine, but you owe me" he sighed defeated. I walked next to Damon and stood there ignoring him "Oh come on, you're ignoring me too" he said looking annoyed so I turned to glare at him angrily.

Finally Rick and Stefan came out with Elena trailing behind them.
Rick walked to the driving seat and I sat on back waiting for Elena and Damon to get on the car.
"Sorry you can't come too Stef" Damon said pouting at him with a smirk making me roll my eyes "Call me if you need anything" Stefan ignored him looking at Elena "You too" he added looking at me and I smiled nodding "Ohh I'll take really good care of them" Damon said making me and Elena to glare at him and she turned to Stefan and pulled him to a kiss making Damon drop his smirk "Ok, time to go" he opened the door and got in Elena too but before Rick started to drive Stefan was standing close to the window so I leaned over Elena making her frown not knowing what I was doing "Don't worry, I'll make sure they won't hurt each other, but I'm not making any promises about Damon" I smiled and leaned from the window and kissed his cheek making him laugh "Bye Stef" I waved and sat back making Elena shake her head at me but she was smiling.

"How are you two doing back there?" Damon asked turning to glance at us making me roll my eyes "Leave them alone" Rick told him "You know this whole pretending to hate me thing is getting a little silly" he said ignoring Rick
"I don't their pretending, you did killed their brother" Rick chuckled.
"There a huge asterisk next to the statement. he came back to life" Damon said like it was nothing important "Yeah, thanks to a ring you didn't know he was wearing?" Elena said not looking at him "Why are you both so sure I didn't know" he answered "Did you?" Elena asked looking at him "Yes" he answered with a half smirk looking at us "You're lying" I stated glaring at him "Sam, Elena, I saw the ring! It's a big tacky thing, it's hard to miss" he was laying I was sure of it.

Finally we arrived "So Isobel was officially employed by the anthropology department given that most paranormal phenomenon is rooted in folklore" Rick informed us while we were walking to Isobel's office. "Excuse me, hi. I'm Alaric Saltzman, I called earlier" he told to the woman who was standing near the drawers.
"Yes, of course" she sighed with a smile and reached a hand for Rick to shake "I'm Vanessa Monroe, research assistant comparative folklore. Uh, let me just grab Isobel's keys" she answered looking at me Elena and Damon. "These are my friends Elena, Sam and Damon. I this isn't too much of an imposition" Rick Introduced us
"Oh, please. Isobel's office is right through there. Isobel was one of my first professors. I'm a grad student" she said and grabbed the keys and sat on the desk and looked at Rick "She was brilliant and one of the reason I went into folklore. Uh I have to ask has there been any news?" she asked. "No, no I'm afraid not" Rick answered.
"It's this way" she got up and unlocked the door and let us in "I'll grab the light, feel free to look around. It's fascinating isn't it?" she said after leading us inside and went to get the light. I started to look at some books with Elena while Damon and Rick went elsewhere "Where did she go?" Damon asked and I frowned wondering that too, when I turned around with Elena I saw her pointing cross bow at the both of us and Elena gasped suddenly Damon blurred in front of us just as she shot the arrow and he took the arrow in his back, he grunted in pain and slid to the floor, Rick quickly ran over to her and slammed her to the wall making her drop the cross bow.
"Pull it out" Damon said but I refused so Elena had to do it, there was no way I'm touching that. "I can't reach it Elena. Just pull the damn thing out. It hurts" He hissed quietly making Elena sigh annoyed, she hesitantly grabbed the arrow and finally pulled it out making Damon hiss in pain. "That bitch is dead" He stated turning around "You're not going to kill her" Elena told him with her arm crossed beside me "Watch me" he smirk at us and started to walk "You touch her and I swear I will never speak to you again" Elena said "Me Too" I added and he stopped walking and turned to us "What makes you think you have that kind of power over her, because I took an arrow in the back for you?" he said "You two are severely overestimating yourself" he said arrogantly approaching us "Argh, you're impossible" I hissed angrily as walked away from him leaving Elena to deal with him.
I opened the door and walked back inside to Isobel office. I saw Vanessa sitting in the chair and Rick sitting on the desk, both of them turned to look at me "Hey, I'm Samantha Collins" I introduced myself just as Elena and Damon walked in "And this is Elena Gilbert, were Isobel's daughter's and a descendant's of Selena and Katherine Pierce and this is Damon Salvatore who you just shot" I said
"I'd be extra nice to me right now" Damon added threatening.
"Look, we need your help, OK? We need to see all of Isobel's research, anything related to Mystic Falls" Elena finished.
"This box checks Katherine arrival to Mystic Falls in April of 1864" Vanessa said putting the box on the table "Is that all there is about her?" Elena asked after we looked at the box "All that I'm aware of" Vanessa shrugged "What about Selena?" I asked "Well, their isn't much about her although it was said that Katherine had a Twin sister who was killed but it was never known how" Vanessa answered looking at me.
"Here, take this" Elena grabbed vervain from the box and handed it to Vanessa making sure that Damon wasn't looking "Does vervain really work?" Vanessa asked with a smile "Nope, not at all" Damon called from where he was standing "Can he hear us?" Vanessa whispered "No, that would be creepy" He answered sarcastically "Can he read minds too?" she finished "You know, if you want to see me naked, all you have to do is ask" he added turning to us "No, that he can't do. He is very capable of being a first rate jackass" Elena said making me laugh and Vanessa to smile.

I was going through some book "Hey guys, check this out" Rick said making me look at him "There's no record of werewolf mythology in Mystic Falls, but here are some records of lesser known legends. Everything from Scandinavian skin walkers to Aztec legends" Vanessa said showing us the book and Damon grabbed it. "It's translates into the 'curse of the sun and the moon'" she added "It's native American" Rick explained when he saw our puzzled looks.
"Aztec. It explains one origin of the werewolf traced through Virginia. The short story: 600 years ago, the Aztecs were plagued by werewolves and vampire. They terrorized the countryside, made farming and hunting impossible until an Aztec shaman cursed them, making vampires slaves to the sun and werewolves servants of the moon. As a result, vampires could only prowl at night and werewolves could only turn on a full moon. When the full moon crests in the sky, who's ever unlucky enough to fall under the werewolf curse turns into a wolf" She explained us.
"Can they control the transformation?" Damon asked her "If it were a choice, it wouldn't be called a curse" she answered."Werewolves will attack humans but instinct and centuries of rivalry have hardwire them to hunt their prey of choice: vampires "Werewolves will attack humans but instinct and centuries of rivalry have hardwire them to hunt their prey of choice: vampires" she added making all of us stare at her at shock. "Well, if werewolves were hunting vampires, I would know about it" Damon smirked "Not if there aren't that many werewolves left alive. Hundreds of years ago vampires hunted them almost to extinction" Vanessa argued "Why would they do that?" I asked "To protect themselves. Legend has it, a werewolf bite is fatal to the vampires" she answered making Damon frown and Elena worried.
"Hey, have you done any research on doppelgänger's?" Elena asked Vanessa after she called Stefan to worn him. "Well, the word means a lot of different things to different cultures but typically is a living, breathing double of oneself" she answered "Did Isobel have anything that explained the link between me Sam, Katherine and Selena?" Elena continued "That's all she had on Katherine, but I can tell you that the doppelgänger usually torment the people they look like, trying to undue their lives. It's not exactly uplifting..." she trailed off "And more things we already know" Elena sighed and I brushed her back making he smile at me. "Just … I want to know why we look alike" Elena added "Head scratcher isn't it" Damon piped up from where he was standing "Do you know something or are you just being yourself?" Elena snapped clearly not in the mood to argue with him "Well, if I know anything, I'm not gonna tell you with that attitude" Damon smirked making me sigh " That's good, Damon and this is coming from someone who wants to be my friend but you know what? Friends don't manipulate friends, they help each other" Elena looked at him and then walked away and I joined her after glaring at Damon.
Elena and I walked back to the car Elena started to pull the handle but the car was obviously locked making me laugh at her "Shot up" she tried not to laugh too
"Here, allow me" Damon appeared making me drop my smile and he unlocked the car and opened the door for us Elena went to get in but he stepped in front of her making her stop "You're not going be able to hate me forever" he said looking at her then me "Can we just go?" Elena sighed "You didn't dig deep enough" he said and handed her a book "Petrova. I saw it on the shelf" Elena stated after she looked at the book "Katherine originally came from Europe. Petrova was her real name. Katarina and Selenia Petrova, to be exact" he answered "How did you know that?" I asked looking at him confused "Back when, I saw it graved on an old heirloom. Men snoop too, you know. Let me know what you find, I'm very curious myself" he answered "You two have every right to hate me, I understand but Elena you hated me before and we became friends and Sam we were getting along fine. It would suck if that was gone forever. So, is it? Have I lost the two of you forever?" he asked with a sad expression making my heart drop "Thank you for the book, Damon" Elena ignored the question and got in the car and I quickly followed not looking at him.

Finally we got back home I quickly hopped out if the car "I'll see you tomorrow" I told Elena and she nodded "Bye Rick" I waved and walked back home.
My mom still wasn't home so was my dad, I got ice cream and grabbed a spoon and sat on the couch starting to eat when someone knocked on the door. I putted my Ice cream on the table and went to open the door and when I did I wished I hadn't.
"What do you want?" I sighed when I saw it was Damon.
"Look, I know you're mad at me but I don't want to lose you as a friend" he answered "Then answer me honestly, did you really see the ring?" I asked lifting my eyebrow's "No I didn't, I got lucky that he was wearing it and you have no idea how grateful I am that he was wearing it" he explained looking pleadingly at me "So have I lost you too forever?" I sighed and looked at him "I'm sorry but you lost me too forever" I closed the door before he could say anything else. I couldn't forgive him after what he did to Jeremy. I leaned against the door sighing tiredly hoping I did the right thing.

I heard him leave after a few minutes and I returned to the couch and grabbed back mi ice cream and continued eating it when the door bell rang again and I grunted in annoyance and went to the door this time holding my ice cream.
"Matt?" I looked at him confused "What are you doing here?"
"I, am well…" he trailed off scratching his neck and I saw the bandage on it "What happened to you're neck?" I asked worried trailing my hand on it "An animal jumped on me" he answered making me drop my hand and look at him "An animal?" I asked already realizing what happened and noticed that he was still outside "Oh, get inside" I moved and he got inside and I closed the door "I broke up with Caroline" he said making me turn to look at him shocked "What, why, what happened?" I asked in one breath "She was being too much dramatic after she promised she wouldn't do that" he sighed scratching he neck again "And I'm tired from drama".
"I'll grab another spoon" I stated knowing this was going to be a long night and he chuckled lightly. We sat on the couch and started eating the ice cream.
"I guess that neither of us had luck with our relationships" I said laughing making him laugh too "You got that right" he added making me laugh again.
"Oh I love this part" I said watching Tom and Jerry, yeah I know childish but I love watching them. He shook his head at my childish suddenly he putted the ice cream down and jumped on me making me scream and shock and started to tickle me making me gasp "No, no, no, no, no…." I squirmed trying to get away making him smile at me in victory and I accidentally hitted let's just say his sensitive place making him gasp in pain and roll off of me "Oh my gosh, are you ok?" I asked putting a hand on my mouth but started to laugh at him "I'm sorry I shouldn't be laughing" I tried to stop laughing but only burst out laughing even more amused looking at his pained face making him glare at me "Will you be able, you know…." I trailed off giggling "Oh you're gonna pay" he stated reaching to grab but I quickly shot up and started running, I ran up the stairs to my room and heard him closing in on me I reached to my room but before I closed the door he grabbed me by the waist making me shriek "I'm sorry, no more tickles" I begged making him laugh at me he was pinning me to the wall and when I lifted my gaze I realized how close he was standing in front of me, we both stopped laughing and looked at each other and I got lost in his eyes and before I knew what was happening his lips were on mine I was shocked first but after a few second I kissed back and I felt butterflies and tingly sensation and gave in to the kiss, he grabbed my waist and brought me closer to him and lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist when he picked me up. We made put for a couple of minutes then i pulled away for air. He leaned his forehead against mine trying to catch his breath like me, he rolled to my side
and I laid my head on his chest and putted my hand over him taking in what just happened my heart was still racing, I didn't know if I was regretting this or not. I felt him slowly but hesitantly brush his fingers in hair making me sigh and calm down, I started to trail figures on his chest and slowly start to fall asleep. God Caroline was going to kill me...